Work to build Calgary’s new National Sports School has ground to a halt because of a lack of funding.

The school, currently operating out of a leased space at Canada Olympic Park, was due to move into a new facility at the site by the end of 2016. Construction was supposed to start next March.

However, a report from Calgary Board of Education CBE chief superintendent Naomi Johnson to trustees this week said the CBE had not yet raised the money for it.

“Until a source of capital funding is secured, no further architectural or engineering work will be completed.”

A design brief for the new school was finished, Johnson said, and the CBE submitted development permit paperwork to the city.

The National Sports School caters to high-level athletes in grades 9 to 12, offering flexible academic programs to work around training and competition.

Meanwhile, the province has approved the rebuild of flood-damaged Elbow Park School.

CBE voted last month to rebuild the 88-year-old southwest Calgary school, hit badly in the June floods, after intense lobbying from parents and the school community.

Elbow Park pupils are attending school in temporary classrooms on the Earl Grey School site.

The new school was expected to cost about $14 million, with the province picking up the bill for any costs not covered by insurance.

mwright@calgaryherald.com

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